Well-pipe lifter



Feb.- '135 .1923.

E. E. GARTON. WELL PIPE LIFTER. man MAR.9,1922.

2 SHEETS-snaar 1.

Feb. 18, 1923. 1,445,504. E. E. GARTON. WELL PIPBLIFTER.

FILED MAR. 9, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

EMERY E. GARTON, OF JETMDRE, KANSAS.

TvVLL-PXFE LIFTER.

Application :filed March 9, 1922.

To oZZ azom. Muay concern.'

Be it known that l, Erreur llljGAnrorn a citizen of the `United States, residing at Jetinore, in the countyY oit l-lodgeman and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful lniprovemcntsin a l[Veil-Pipe Litter; and l do hereby declare the tollow-` ing to be a lull7 clear, and exact description o1u the invention, suoli as will enable others skilled in the .art 'to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The obje-ct of the invention is to provide simple and etlicient means adapted to be operated by one man unassisted. tor raising or lowering well tubing such as` a drill rod7 pump rod7 or the like; and with this object in View the invention consists in a construction, combination and relation or parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a side view oi an apparatus embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a front view.

Figure 4 is a detail view of one ot the grappling jaws and connections7 and Figure 5 is a detail view of the clamp jaws.

The device consists essentially of hand levers l07 preferably iulcrumed as at 1l upon the uprights l2 of a supporting` frame having a suitable base 13 and braced as indicated at let to afford the necessary.v stability, said levers being thus spaced apart so as to `permit oi an operator standing therebetween and grasping the'grip portions thereof respectively in his rightand left hands, and said levers are flexibly connected as by means of the rods or links 15 with the grappling jaws 16, each of which is forked to provide arms 17 to straddlethe pump rod or tubing 18 and carries a. gripping' pin or rod 19, spanning the interval between' the arms 17 and adjustable with relation thereto, to suit the diameter of the rod or tube 18, by means of suitable openings 2 0. ln order to provide for the disengagement of the grapplingjaws from the rod or tube as the hand levers are alternatively used either in raising or lowering said rod or tube, a release chain 21 is connected with each grappling jaw and is attached to the end of a release rod 22 extending longitudinally of the hand lever and adapted to be operated by a trip lever 28 arranged within convenient reach of the grip of the lever.

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Also each handlever operates in relation with a toothed segment 241: and carries a dorf 25 for engagement therewith to lock lever in its adjusted positions, said dogbeing connected with a trip lever also located within convenient `reach oit the grip or handle of the operating lever. n

Supported by the trame, which in addition to the base and upright above described. includes an upper cross bar 2T, is a clamp 28 for engaging a tube or rod to hold the same against vertical and rotary movement as in attaching or detaching the couplings b v which. the sections are united, said clamp having jaws 29 carried by arms 30 and connected by a feed screw 3l having a terminal hand wheel 32. rl`he arms of the clamp are pivotally mounted upon the upright 12 bv means of staples 33 or the equivalent thereoi,

Also supported by the frame above the plane oit the clamp 28 is a bracing and aligning ring 34, adapted to loosely receive a rod or tube to steady the same as a coupling is being made or disconnected7 said ring being supported by a suitable bracket arm 35.

llVith the assistance of an apparatus described.y a single operator can raise or lower well or pump tubing or rods without excessive effort, due to the fact that the movement may be effected step by step, and at the same time without rislr or' accidentally releasing or dropping the tubing inasmuch as the engagement of the grappling jaws is effected alternately and is entirely within control of the hands of the operator grasping the grips or handles of the operating lever. n

Having thus described the invention, what the I claim is 1. An apparatus for the purpose described havingI spaced parallel hand levers adapted for actuation by a single operator. tilting grappling jaws connected respectively with said hand levers, locking means for the hand levers and releasing means for the grappling aws provided with operating or trip levers located adjacent to the grip portions of said hand levers.

2. An apparatus Jfor the purpose described having spaced parallel hand levers adapted tor actuation by a single operatorIn tilting grappling jaws connected respectivel;7 with said hand levers locking means tor the h and. levers and releasing means or the 7f rrappling jaws provided with operating or trip levers located adjacent to the grip portions of said hand levers, the grappling jaws eacli consisting or a forked lever carrying a transverse grip rod for engagement with a rod or pipe straddled by the fork.

rin apparatus i-or the purpose described having spaced parallel hand levers adapted for actuation by a single operator7 tilting grappling jaws connected respectively with said hand levers, locking `.means :for tlie liaiid levers and releasing ineans for the grappling jaws provided with operating or trip levers located adjacent to tlie grip portions of said hand levers, and a clamp ioi engagging a rod oi' tubing and having pvotally rnounted arms carrying opposed gripping ljaws and a iteed tube for adpisting said jaws.

4. An apparatus for the purpose described having spaced parallel hand levers adapted for actuation by a single operator, tilting grappling jaws connected respectively with said hand levers, locking means ifor the hand levers and releasing means for tlie grappling jaws provided with operating or trip levers located adjacent to the grip portions of said liand levers7 a supporting trarne being,` pro vided "for said liand levers, and an aligning ring being` supported by the traine tor the reception of a rod or tube above the plane oil operation oit said grappling jaws.

ln testimony vvliereoin l aiiiii niv` signature in presence oft two witnesses.

iiiiuiiiii* s. Gitarren. 

